We recommend using Canva to create GIFs. Canva allows you to add multiple elements, including photos, videos, text, animations, transitions, etc.

Set up your Canva project using the following dimensions (828px x 460px) if you’re creating a GIF for a setup on Podyx.

If you’re creating a GIF for a Bundle on Podyx, set up your Canva project using these dimensions: 768px x 400px.

Design your GIF using whatever elements you like. Keep in mind that the more animated elements (e.g. transitions) and/or large files you add to your project (such as video clips or high quality images), the larger the file size of your exported GIF will likely be.

We strongly recommend that the total duration of each GIF does not exceed 10 seconds.

When you are ready, export your GIF from Canva.

You can use the “Size” slider to increase or decrease the resolution of your GIF. We strongly recommend experimenting with sizing, until the final exported GIF is 10MB or less. Anything above 10MB will negatively impact the loading time of your website and the GIFs themselves once uploaded to Podyx.

Do not upload your GIF to Podyx yet.

Before you upload your GIFs to Podyx, you need to further optimize them.

Go to this website: https://ezgif.com/optimize.

Upload the GIF you need to optimize. Once uploaded, the interface will look like this.

Under “Optimization method” below the preview of your GIF, select the following option from the dropdown menu.

You can experiment with the other options in the dropdown if you like, but we’ve found that this option yields the most balanced results with minimal adjustments.

Adjust the sliders below the dropdown. We recommend setting the “Fuzz” slider to 1 and not adjusting it further, as it strongly impacts the quality and appearance of the GIF.

For the “Compression level” slider, you can adjust the options to your own liking. For example, we found that a compression value of 85 on a GIF of 538px x 299px and 9.5MB in size yielded the best results, balancing reduced file size and visual quality.

Click “Optimize GIF!” and review the results.

If you are happy with how it looks, you can download the GIF, and upload it to Podyx.

If you notice that your GIFs are still too large, resulting in a slow load time or impacting your website’s performance, repeat the process with stronger compression and retest.